My boys are home sleeping in today. It’s their first official day of summer vacation! And of course, they are in heaven knowing that they will have nearly 3 months off.
Luke, my youngest had his 5th grade graduation ceremony yesterday. We loved Mrs. Johnson! We were so grateful that she taught and cared for BOTH our boys as Nicholas also had her last year in 5th. She’ll be missed. Gosh, we’re gonna miss so many other teachers and staff members at this school. Crooked Lake Elementary was such a wonderful place for our family.
To celebrate this graduation AND just the end of the school year for all, our family met up with my sister & her kids for ice cream afterwards. Our neighbor friend, Carter was able to join us, too!
We are going to miss Crooked Lake Elementary SOooo much! In fact, during the last few weeks we’ve been putting together little thank you gifts & notes to all the past teachers & staff members that we got to know well. I didn’t take photos of them all, because we gave them as soon as we put them together which made it less overwhelming to distribute – each kiddo only had to hand out a few at a time. But I DID take a photo of THESE thank you cards that I put together for three of the teachers who teach physical education at both Crooked Lake AND the middle school (we made gifts for teachers at Nick’s school, too).
Night of Navy Cardstock: 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored at 5-1/2″ and folded in half for the card base
Whisper White Cardstock: 4″ x 5-1/4″ for the inside & scraps for punching two 2″ circles
Real Red Cardstock: 1-7/8″ x 4-1/4″
Smoky Slate Cardstock: 1-3/4″ x 4-1/4″
Real Red 1/8″ Ribbon: about 2-1/2″
Products: See below for a full list of supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store. The stamp sets from past Paper Pumpkin kits are no longer available. You need to be a subscriber to get these stamps. CLICK HERE to learn more about all the fun perks of a Paper Pumpkin subscription.
Directions:
Emboss the Night of Navy card base with the Simple Stripes embossing folder. Adhere the 4″ x 5-1/4″ Whisper White piece to the inside of the card.
Punch out a couple Whisper White 2″ circles, and stamp the circular lines image to the left and to the right on each circle using Real Red ink to give a look of baseball stitching.
Stamp the thank you image in Night of Navy ink on the lower left corner area of the Smoky Slate cardstock. Layer this onto the Real Red cardstock, and then add one of the baseballs under the lower left section (under the thank you). Adhere this whole thing to the Night of Navy embossed card base using lots of SNAIL and a few Glue Dots.
Attach the second baseball to the front of the card with Dimensionals. And add the ribbon (tied in a knot) using a Glue Dot.
Write a sweet note on the inside and gift to someone with a bag of peanuts. 😉
We are ready for summer! The weather forecast looks good, so hopefully Luke (and even Nick with his knee brace) will get outside and hang out with neighbor friends on this first day of summer vacation! Happy June 8th to all of you.
Did you hear!? The upcoming June 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit will coordinate with the new Broadway Bound suite on p. 68–69 of the annual catalog!!! There is no need to get any extra product. But you certainly MAY purchase items from this suite if you would like to expand your creative options with the contents of this kit.
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Are you interested in getting a 20%+ discount on your Stampin’ Up! goodies? Now is a great time to purchase the Starter kit because of all the fun new products that just debuted in the 2018-19 annual catalog – $125 worth of product (your choice!) for $99. With the free shipping on starter kits, you are getting a 30% discount on this first fun purchase. After that, you get the 20%+ discount for future purchases if you wish. AND you get to be part of my fun Stampers With ART Stars community!
Do you find that you order at least $25 worth of Stampin’ Up! product each month? Do you want to get perks for those monthly orders? I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up.
My son, Luke and I are heading up to my parents’ lake place in northern Minnesota for this Memorial Day weekend while my husband, Tim and our other son, Nick stay at home. Nicholas isn’t quite up to traveling that far yet (it’s almost a 4 hour drive), and Tim wants to work on finishing up our back deck. Hopefully Nick and hubby will enjoy having the house to themselves. And I hope you are all going to have a lovely weekend as well.
To start off your weekend on a creative note, I thought I’d share more alternate projects that I made with the contents of the May 2018 Manly Moments kit. I shared a few on Sunday last weekend, but today I’ve got for you a 12×12 scrapbook layout, some pretty origami star boxes, and seven alternate greeting card ideas. If you are one of my subscribers, be sure to take out your envelope of goodies I sent you so you can recreate one or more of these cards.
Be sure to watch my “how-to” video below (or on YouTube) for tips, measurements and directions. Then scroll down to see close up photos of the projects I share in this video, to see the supplies I used to create all these projects, AND to access some helpful links (ones that I refer to in the video).
Here are close-up photos of the projects I shared in my video above. I sure had fun creating them!
12×12 SCRAPBOOK PAGE LAYOUT
ORIGAMI STAR BOXES
SEVEN ALTERNATE CARDS
that my subscribers can make with the bonus supplies I mailed them.
Here are some links that you may want to check out.
To see the projects I shared earlier with this kit, click here for my May 20th blog post.
To find out more about Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity, click here.
To see some peeks at the exclusives I send my subscribers, click here.
To get your Paper Pumpkin subscription started, click here.
To renew your subscription, click here and login to reactivate
To join the Paper Pumpkin Fan Club on Facebook, click here and request to be added.
Extra Stampin’ Up! supplies I used are listed below and linked to my online store.
By the way, I still have more to share with this kit:
the card and matching box I designed for Stampin’ Up!’s monthly Paper Pumpkin newsletter
the blog hop project/s I’ll share next Thursday
and the exclusive projects that I share only with my subscribers.
So stay tuned if you are a fan of these great kits. Have a great weekend!
I’m so excited for the June 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit! Stampin’ Up! has revealed that it will coordinate with a new suite of products in the upcoming will coordinate with a suite in our upcoming 2018-19 Annual Catalog!
Do you want to be a club member and get lots of perks for your monthly orders?! I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up.
Get early release products from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog NOW! Click Here to shop my online store. Click Here to download the flyer.
CLICK HERE for more detailed information about retiring products from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog and the 2018 Occasions Catalog, to access the lists and links, and for dates about transitioning into the new 2018-19 Annual Catalog.
Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products list so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Favorites are definitely selling out!
I received my May 2018 Manly Moments Paper Pumpkin kit a little early, so I shared the kit cards and a few simple alternate projects with it on my Facebook Live broadcast this past Wednesday. Then I uploaded the recording to my YouTube channel. Be sure to watch this video, check out the measurements and product list below so that you can recreate these projects if you wish, and then let me know if you have any questions. If you ARE on Facebook, I invite you to “like” then “follow” my page so you can get updates when I share and when I go live every Wednesday afternoon at 2 PM Central Time.
Here are the measurements you’ll need for the two cards if you plan to recreate them with your May kit supplies.
Card #1 Extra Pieces…
Mossy Meadow cardstock strip:
3/4” x 4-1/4”
Card #2 Extra Pieces…
Crumb Cake cardstock:
5” x 7” scored at 3-1/2”
Envelope paper (wood grain pattern):
4-1/2” x 3”
Mossy Meadow cardstock:
3-1/2” x 2-1/4” scrap for die-cutting tree
Natural Linen Thread:
~38”
Products: See below for a full list of supplies linked to where you can find them in my online store.
These are the cards that the kit instructs how to make.
Here are a few more close-up photos of the three alternate projects I made and shared in my video.
POCKET CARD
SIMPLE NOTE CARD
BAGALOPE (BAG FROM ENVELOPE)
If you haven’t gotten your Paper Pumpkin kit yet, please don’t worry. Most subscribers are getting their kits early this coming week. I think those that get their kits earlier and start posting (like me this month) make others nervous that their kits are late. So rest easy and enjoy creating when it gets to your mailbox.
I’m so excited for the June 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit! Stampin’ Up! has revealed that it will coordinate with a new suite of products in the upcoming will coordinate with a suite in our upcoming 2018-19 Annual Catalog!
Do you want to be a club member and get lots of perks for your monthly orders?! I’m forming a new Paper Crafters club, and we are looking for new members. Click here to learn more. Then contact me with your questions &/or to sign up. (Club members receive free EXCLUSIVE project tutorials via email weekly AND other bonuses.)
Get early release products from the 2018-19 Annual Catalog NOW! Click Here to shop my online store. Click Here to download the flyer.
CLICK HERE for more detailed information about retiring products from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog and the 2018 Occasions Catalog, to access the lists and links, and for dates about transitioning into the new 2018-19 Annual Catalog.
Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products list so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Favorites are already selling out!
It’s time to share more ideas that I came up with using the contents of the April 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit! Here is what came in this past month’s kit, You Are My Anchor.
how to make the kit go farther with Mini Pizza Boxes
some sweet Life Savers candy thank yous
a card to give to a sweetheart with a fun mathematical way to cut out your own heart
and two versions of the “impossible card”
Watch the video first to get to get measurements, directions, and tips. Then scroll down to see close-up photos, links for more information shared in the video, and a list of extra supplies (linked to my online store) mentioned or used to make my creations.
Here are the items that the kit instructs how to make. (The kit makes four sets of these.)
And here are my “outside-the-box” ideas I created and shared in my video.
COORDINATING MINI PIZZA BOXES
I altered this box to open from the front. For directions for the altered pizza box, click here.
LIFE SAVERS CANDY THANK YOUS
SWEETHEART CARD
HORIZONTAL IMPOSSIBLE CARD
VERTICAL IMPOSSIBLE CARD
Not getting these fun kits in your mailbox yet? Want to know more about Paper Pumpkin kits and how to get in on the fun? Click here for more information. If you are ready to start your own subscription, click here to get signed up. NEW subscribers who join Paper Pumpkin between now and May 10 will get 50% off their first 2 months. Enter this promotion code to get in on the special: SAVEFIFTY0418
CLICK HERE for more detailed information about retiring products from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog and the 2018 Occasions Catalog, to access the lists and links, and for dates about transitioning into the new 2018-19 Annual Catalog.
Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products list so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Favorites are already selling out!
The new 2018-19 Annual Catalog will be introducing us to new colors! That means that several colors are retiring though. CLICK HERE for more detailed information about retiring products.CLICK HERE for my post and a video regarding the Color Revamp. And CLICK HERE for a printable Color Revamp Summary.
Yay! It’s time again to see lots of alternate Paper Pumpkin kit ideas!
#APaperPumpkinThing
Today is the day where a creative team of us Stampin’ Up!® demonstrators bring to you our special “A Paper Pumpkin Thing” blog hop. See what I have to share, then check out all the other blogs in the hop to see additional creative alternate paper crafting project ideas that we each came up with using the contents of the April 2018 “You Are My Anchor” Paper Pumpkin kit. To follow the hop, simply scroll down to click on the names of other participants in the hop to see other creative projects.
Today I have put together a fun 12×12 scrapbook page and a coordinating candy bar wrap to share with you. See below for a full list of extra supplies I used linked to where you can find them in my online store.
Measurements/Tips/Directions for the 12×12 page:
Crumb Cake Cardstock: 12″ x 12″
Island Indigo Cardstock: 3″ x 5-5/8″, 3-5/8″ x 5-5/8″, 2-5/8″ x 4-1/8″, 3-1/8″ x 2-5/8″ (2 pieces), 4-1/8″ x 5-3/8″
Pool Party Cardstock: 2-7/8″ x 5-1/2″, 3-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, 2-1/2″ x 4″, 3″ x 2-1/2″ (2 pieces), 4″ x 5-1/4″
Mask the sentiment stamps with tape to ink them, then remove the mask before stamping. Use Fine Tip Glue to adhere the sequins. Add the layered photo mats to the page first. Then add the largest circle tag with a small amount of SNAIL Adhesive, and tuck the smaller circle tags in and around it so that their holes are concealed. Stamp the water images. Add the word banners and the large anchor with Dimensionals.
Measurements/Tips/Directions for the Green & Black brand candy bar wrap:
Pool Party Cardstock: 10″ x 2-1/2″ scored in at one end at 5-3/8″ and 5-5/8″ and then at 5/8″ and 7/8″ at the other end
Island Indigo Cardstock: 5-1/2″ x 2-5/8″
Stamp “For You” on a small circle tag. Emboss the longest section of the Pool Party cardstock. Trim end to a “banner.” Add the Island Indigo layer under the embossed section with Tear & Tape Adhesive, and trim end to become a border to the Pool Party banner. Wrap around the candy bar and secure with Tear & Tape. Add the largest circle tag with Dimensionals, and tuck the smaller circle tags in and around it so that their holes are concealed. Use Fine Tip Glue to adhere the sequins. Add the anchor with Dimensionals.
This hop will definitely inspire your creativity! But if you want to see even more, I invite you to visit again this weekend. I’ll be sharing several more of my own creations tomorrow or Saturday.
Not getting these fun kits in your mailbox yet? Want to know more about Paper Pumpkin kits and how to get in on the fun? Click here for more information. If you are ready to start your own subscription, click here to get signed up. NEW subscribers who join Paper Pumpkin between now and May 10 will get 50% off their first 2 months. Enter this promotion code to get in on the special: SAVEFIFTY0418
On a side note for those of you who are wondering about Nicholas… His surgery took place on May 1st. He has been in pain since, so we welcome the times he is fairly comfortable or napping.
Here is a post op photo when we were able to get a smile out of him. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.
And Luke had a great time on his 5th grade overnight field trip. I attended with him for the first full day, so here are a few photos from this past Monday (the day before Nick’s surgery).
Thanks for visiting. Have fun on the hop!
Product List… things you might need/want in addition to the April 2018 Paper Pumpkin kit to make the page and/or candy bar wrap above.
CLICK HERE for more detailed information about retiring products from the 2017-18 Annual Catalog and the 2018 Occasions Catalog, to access the lists and links, and for dates about transitioning into the new 2018-19 Annual Catalog.
Be sure to take a good look at the retiring products list so that you don’t miss out on getting items that you have wanted. Favorites are already selling out!
The new 2018-19 Annual Catalog will be introducing us to new colors! That means that several colors are retiring though. CLICK HERE for more detailed information about retiring products.CLICK HERE for my post and a video regarding the Color Revamp. And CLICK HERE for a printable Color Revamp Summary.
Then… there are the drop-dead gorgeous designer papers! This is one of those packs that you may want to hoard, so maybe you should buy at least two. 😉 Here is a very easy but handsome Painted Autumn "grid" card that you can recreate. AND it displays a small piece from nine of the patterns.
I added Copper Metallic Thread in this second version. And I flipped some of the designer paper pieces over to give the card a less "random" look.
Here are the details.
Supplies (Below is another product list with images of each that are linked to my online store.):
Stamps: Painted Harvest (144783)
Paper:
Cajun Craze cardstock (119684): 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” folded in half for the card base
Very Vanilla cardstock (101650): 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” for the inside of the card
Early Espresso cardstock (119686): 3-1/2” x 3-1/2”
Painted Autumn designer paper (144613): 9 squares that are 1” x 1” each
(Optional) Copper Metallic Thread (141696): about 30”
Decide on a pattern you’d like your designer paper squares to have. Lay them out on your 3-1/2” x 3-1/2” Early Espresso piece so they are spaced nicely. Then attach one at a time with SNAIL. Hints: If you put just a little SNAIL on each piece initially, you will be able to move the paper again later if it's not in the right spot. I also started adhering my corner squares first.
(Optional) Put some SNAIL under the bottom left corner and upper right corner. Attach loops of Copper metallic thread so the thread loops will peek out.
Position the 3-1/2” x 3-1/2” Early Espresso piece over the Cajun Craze card base without attaching yet. Use this piece as a guide and stamp the outline leaves image in Cajun Craze ink onto the card base so it will appear to be coming out from behind in the upper right and lower left corners.
Attach the Early Espresso piece to the card front using Dimensionals.
Stamp the outside and inside sentiments with Early Espresso ink onto the card front and onto the 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” Very Vanilla piece.
Attach the 3-1/2” x 4-3/4” Very Vanilla piece to the inside of the card.
Stamp one more cluster of leaves on the left inner panel.
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A Season of Style with Coordinating October & November Paper Pumpkin Kits
To give you more of what you love, during October and November Stampin' Up! is offering two straight months of perfectly coordinated Christmas cardmaking and gifting projects with the Season of Style coordinating Paper Pumpkin kits.You will have everything you need to complete unique holiday cards and gifts. You will have more creative options when you mix and match and make your own alternate projects. And you can get that handmade holiday touch without fuss because everything is prepped and ready for you to assemble! To learn more about these kits of creativity that I am SOooo passionate about, click here. To get started with your subscription so you can get these great kits, click here and sign up by October 10th.
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